diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/compressedObjectTreeModel.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/compressedObjectTreeModel.ts
index f1da43550471e935d2a8f4640ff4729817f58f75..8c0cffe69834f3e6f231bc3b75d683b1af1e6ebc 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/compressedObjectTreeModel.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/compressedObjectTreeModel.ts
@@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ export class CompressedObjectTreeModel<T extends NonNullable<any>, TFilterData e
 		this.model.setChildren(node, children, _onDidCreateNode, _onDidDeleteNode);
 	}
 
+	has(element: T | null): boolean {
+		return this.nodes.has(element);
+	}
+
 	getListIndex(location: T | null): number {
 		const node = this.getCompressedNode(location);
 		return this.model.getListIndex(node);
@@ -421,6 +425,10 @@ export class CompressibleObjectTreeModel<T extends NonNullable<any>, TFilterData
 		this.model.setCompressionEnabled(enabled);
 	}
 
+	has(location: T | null): boolean {
+		return this.model.has(location);
+	}
+
 	getListIndex(location: T | null): number {
 		return this.model.getListIndex(location);
 	}
diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/indexTreeModel.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/indexTreeModel.ts
index c7f287e873ba058b040b118f9914a8963173f893..42d8ce98b33d6e8ce27c6c30bf17d7d515b3b234 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/indexTreeModel.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/indexTreeModel.ts
@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ export class IndexTreeModel<T extends Exclude<any, undefined>, TFilterData = voi
 		}
 	}
 
+	has(location: number[]): boolean {
+		return this.hasTreeNode(location);
+	}
+
 	getListIndex(location: number[]): number {
 		const { listIndex, visible, revealed } = this.getTreeNodeWithListIndex(location);
 		return visible && revealed ? listIndex : -1;
@@ -516,6 +520,21 @@ export class IndexTreeModel<T extends Exclude<any, undefined>, TFilterData = voi
 		}
 	}
 
+	// cheap
+	private hasTreeNode(location: number[], node: IIndexTreeNode<T, TFilterData> = this.root): boolean {
+		if (!location || location.length === 0) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		const [index, ...rest] = location;
+
+		if (index < 0 || index > node.children.length) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		return this.hasTreeNode(rest, node.children[index]);
+	}
+
 	// cheap
 	private getTreeNode(location: number[], node: IIndexTreeNode<T, TFilterData> = this.root): IIndexTreeNode<T, TFilterData> {
 		if (!location || location.length === 0) {
diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/objectTree.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/objectTree.ts
index 757683c18aff3d87bfb1949b095050892ecb2641..b0fbc3e9bd4ae75b9d74f998dba90a1d3b5d6ae2 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/objectTree.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/objectTree.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ export class ObjectTree<T extends NonNullable<any>, TFilterData = void> extends
 		this.model.resort(element, recursive);
 	}
 
+	hasElement(element: T): boolean {
+		return this.model.has(element);
+	}
+
 	protected createModel(user: string, view: ISpliceable<ITreeNode<T, TFilterData>>, options: IObjectTreeOptions<T, TFilterData>): ITreeModel<T | null, TFilterData, T | null> {
 		return new ObjectTreeModel(user, view, options);
 	}
diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/objectTreeModel.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/objectTreeModel.ts
index 9d6b9749510e0e617d5cf2a70d16143a749f25a6..fb641fbf6519f58582fd15c011559e7d15dfc5e7 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/objectTreeModel.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/objectTreeModel.ts
@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@ export class ObjectTreeModel<T extends NonNullable<any>, TFilterData extends Non
 		return this.model.getLastElementAncestor(location);
 	}
 
+	has(element: T | null): boolean {
+		return this.nodes.has(element);
+	}
+
 	getListIndex(element: T | null): number {
 		const location = this.getElementLocation(element);
 		return this.model.getListIndex(location);
diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/tree.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/tree.ts
index 374296fa573e3bf010e475b2573d78220c31da47..7e2b282cf82cd8f501311cd6831b57c6915f0b7b 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/tree.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/tree.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ export interface ITreeModel<T, TFilterData, TRef> {
 	readonly onDidChangeCollapseState: Event<ICollapseStateChangeEvent<T, TFilterData>>;
 	readonly onDidChangeRenderNodeCount: Event<ITreeNode<T, TFilterData>>;
 
+	has(location: TRef): boolean;
+
 	getListIndex(location: TRef): number;
 	getListRenderCount(location: TRef): number;
 	getNode(location?: TRef): ITreeNode<T, any>;